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| Anyone been on vermilion over the last week? What are the water temps |
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Location: Apple Valley | Been here since Saturday night. Water temps at 61. They will be dropping! Going to be 24 degrees tonight.
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| Fished some, this evening.
No luck. The last few times out, in the last couple of weeks, have been slow, for me!!
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| Water temps. 64-65 during the day and down to 61-62 night/ morning for the last couple of days! Should drop even more with colder temps moving in! |
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| Spent the day Saturday in Fraser Bay, Oak Narrows area. Water temps ranged from 63 to 65. Didnt fish muskies much, more or less a boating day for the family. Caught a few walleyes and had a pesky smallmouth swipe at my 7" viper 3 times.
The water is uncharacteristically dark, couldnt see bottom in 2 feet of water. Not used to that. Recently the musky fishing has been poor according to the reports we had been hearing so we didnt try much, but spent a couple hours Sat evening with no results. |
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Location: Northwest Wisconsin | I'll be heading up to fish friday-sunday and wondering how things have been going. Will be staying at spring bay. |
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| I am heading up next Tuesday and talked to a friend who guides on V last weekend. He said the same, water temps in the low 60's both sides and an erratic bite. But, with the cooling weather the water temps could reach mid 50's. But the forecast has changed since then. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Water temps today were 57-58* on the west end basins. |
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| Days away from an early T/O!? You seeing any signs...green gook in the main basin or near the narrows? |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Ben ,.....No green gook yet......... I went out for 4 hrs today and went to a rock hump to retrieve a bucktail that I lost 2 weeks ago,........ Found it and 2 Dawgs.,,,,,,.... (Thank you 612ers) while there I saw a couple of low 40" fish on the rocks and a 48 incher that didn't want to play..... Oh Well,.... Maybe tomorrow.
Jerome
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| green gook starting in big bay.
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| Does anyone have a update on Vermilion? I'm going to be on the water tomorrow and Wednesday. |
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| Terribly slow and close/in turnover in parts of the lake, I'd find a different lake to fish |
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| Thanks. I'm stuck on V cuz I am visiting family. So going to give it a shot anyway. |
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| Stuck on V? Sounds like torture...
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Location: Northwest Wisconsin | Was up there this past weekend, signs of turnover or a late bloom? Fished weeds and got some follows but they just didn't seem to want to eat. |
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| Definitely a bloom. Some parts of the lake look like someone poured a bunch of green koolaid in the lake. Water temp said 57. I'm new to musky fishing, so I don't know much about turnover. I didn't see much stuff floating in the water, but water clarity was way down in areas not having a bloom. But the water was real green and the outside weed edges had a lot of gunk on the weeds. The weeds inside the edge were pretty green. I didn't fish much rock, as I was alone and it was windy as hell. But I did have a follow and another one bit the tail on a bulldawg. According to a resort owner, the fishing is slow, but people are catching them. He said someone caught a 49 inch today. Forecast for Thursday looks bleak for fishing Thursday when a guide friend was going to take me out. So, it looks like I have to stick with LM when I go home to Arkansas. |
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| Water temps are rising since Sunday,...... West end Bigger Basins are @ 51-52* Shallower weedy areas are 48-50* And raising.......... The muskies are Hiding and not eating very often.... |
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| I had 45 on big bay Sat.....is my temp unit off 7 degrees? |
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Location: MN | I don't think so. Friend of mine had 44-45 on most parts of Big Bay Sunday as well. Did find some ciscos a ways out on one spot, but for the most part he said they really weren't staging up off of any structures yet. And did not contact any fish either. Just a tad early and the full moon next week should bring em (ciscos) in. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | R Wolff - 10/17/2012 4:30 AM
I had 45 on big bay Sat.....is my temp unit off 7 degrees?
Last Sat. the temps were at 45*,.... but the water temps has risen 5-7* in 3 days due to 2 sunny days and air temps @65- 44* at night.
Cisco's , and Whitefish won't spawn just because of the upcoming full moon...... The water temps have to be just right for that to happen.. |
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Location: MN | Didn't say or even imply that they would with just a full moon. With temps going the way they were it was looking good, now it's touch and go. |
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| Does anyone have any info on the ciscos spawning yet?
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| Just got back...whitefish were still shallow...water was 45 degrees
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Water temps are @48-49* Whitefish nets are out. |
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| Crazy ? but who,s netting the cisco,s and when do they take them out.Are they all over or in certain areas. Any info would be appreciated. |
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| They aren't netting Ciscoes they are netting whitefish. |
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| Dear guest, it is not like mille lacs nets spanning 100 yards long! It is small nets with markers that you can see. Anyone that wants to get a netting license can net for whiteys...probablty best if you dont go near the nets! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Whitefish nets will be out for 2 weeks and are marked with the person's name and address/phone # Don't go near them... They are supposed to check them every 24hrs.
MM,mmmmm,mmm ,...Smoked Whitefish.
G-Rome
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| Interesting, nets don't discriminate -you would think they would catch a fair number of walleye's and such as well? Not a netting expert but wouldn't you potentially have other dead fish if only checking every 24 hrs?
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | From what I have been told you are only required to check nets once every 24hrs,..and yes other fish that hit the net get smoked as well including 1 muskie per day.
Some locals like smoked Pike and Muskie.
Oh,... the DNR also keeps an eye on those nets.
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Location: Smith Creek | Minnesota law restricts the size of the net and its openings; requires that netting be done in water not deeper than six feet unless specifically authorized; stipulates that netted fish cannot be sold; and requires that ONLY ROUGH FISH caught in the net may be kept. State law also limits net size to 100 feet long and 3 feet wide; allows one person to use no more than two nets; and forbids recreational netters from possessing angling equipment when netting whitefish-tullibee.
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Location: New Hope MN | IAJustin - 10/24/2012 9:34 AM
Interesting, nets don't discriminate -you would think they would catch a fair number of walleye's and such as well? Not a netting expert but wouldn't you potentially have other dead fish if only checking every 24 hrs?
I netted for years with my father on Leech. I'm Caucasian, so we only targeted tulibee. I have not netted for years as my father is too old to brave big waves and cold temps.
Here's my take on netting.
Fish don't seem to get caught during the day. We would set our nets some morning, fish during the day, and check before dark. Only to find them empty time and time again.
We also learned the hard way that if you set your nets, wait 24hrs and check them in the afternoon, the crayfish will start eating everything in your nets. 1000's of crayfish. They are impossible to remove with all the little hands and pinchers. So it was important to check the nets in the AM.
Surprisingly, big fish don't get caught often. We netted one low 40" musky in the 15yrs of netting. She was released and swam away. Not sure if she made it...
Perhaps 5 +36" pike. My father, who has netted for over 40yrs, has only caught 2 musky in nets. The one with me and a dink sub 30 he caught 2 days in a row. Also keep in mind, our mesh size was set for tulibee, which are smaller than whitefish. So perhaps we would have caught more big pike/musky had the mesh size been bigger.
Walleye and small pike do get caught frequently. Pike seem to fair better for release. Walleye seemed to die easier. It was not uncommon to have 6 walleye in the net.
Eelpout love getting caught... sometimes 100's of them. It's a nightmare.
If you hit the spawn just right, you never seem to catch anything but tulibee. When the spawn is going just right we'd net WAY over our limit. nothing you could do at that point. Just keep the dead ones and throw the live ones over. Tulibee are ridiculously hearty. They just don't seem to die. many of them were netted with their guts hanging out from a pike/musky attack and still full of spirit. amazing fish.
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| We've all been around these nets for years. I've looked at them many times and watched guys pull them and even accidentally snagged one or two. It's kinda surprising, but the vast majority of what's in them is Whitefish! I've seen a few pike but never a musky or walleye! Not saying it doesn't happen but it doesn't seem to be a problem. |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | You can look up the regulations on the MN DNR website. Type Whitefish in the search line and you will get a direct link.
Good Luck to Ben and Luke and all the other hardcore guy's on Vermilion this fall.
What are the temps as of today on the East and West ends?
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Location: MN | Steve, I heard 46.5 yesterday Big Bay |
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Location: Scandia MN | 47/48 all day on Big Bay, cooler tonight and cold the rest of the week. It may get interesting - - - - |
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Location: Lino Lakes, MN | guy's
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| Had one 5lb whitefish in my net yesterday eggs were firm, still a few days before they let loose, probably closer to the full moon. Tulibee wiil be a few more weeks, water temps are still 47 or more. If I had to guess I would say the Nov. dark moon. |
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| Remember whitefish are the main course, tulibee are desert. |
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| 5 days no news.... or tight lips... |
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| just got back from a week long trip,, we actually got blanked for the first time in six years since we have been doing this fall trip to vermilion was a loooooong week lol but still a good time fished all the "common" rock spots on the east side and a casting 80% of the time pounder medusa big cranks shallow deep and deeper and trolling passes nothing going for us |
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Location: Loves Park, IL | What did you have for water temps? |
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| perhaps time for a trip to another lake in the fall, the fall pressure on vermilion is out of control, never seen so many boats, lots of people not catching fish |
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| Guest - 10/30/2012 3:28 PM
perhaps time for a trip to another lake in the fall, the fall pressure on vermilion is out of control, never seen so many boats, lots of people not catching fish
Good luck, i have been saying the same thing on some lakes i fish - then go somewhere else and its just as bad. You cant get away from all the crowds in MN unless you want to fish lakes with smaller fish. |
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| Guest - 10/30/2012 3:28 PM
perhaps time for a trip to another lake in the fall, the fall pressure on vermilion is out of control, never seen so many boats, lots of people not catching fish
Pressure has been out of control.
There were over 10 boats on 1 island I used to enjoy fishing LAST NOV..
Yet everyone needs to know whats going before they go..
5 boats at 1 unusable launch the day the lake froze 3 years back and yet people were claiming how empty the lake was etc.. "Nobody up here in fall" TV hosts saying "Don't go hunting, Come here!!! YOU can do this.!!"
What Vermilion are you guys fishing that has no people in fall?
Its as busy as July now.. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise.. |
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| Guest - 10/30/2012 4:27 PM
Guest - 10/30/2012 3:28 PM
perhaps time for a trip to another lake in the fall, the fall pressure on vermilion is out of control, never seen so many boats, lots of people not catching fish
Pressure has been out of control.
There were over 10 boats on 1 island I used to enjoy fishing LAST NOV..
Yet everyone needs to know whats going before they go..
5 boats at 1 unusable launch the day the lake froze 3 years back and yet people were claiming how empty the lake was etc.. "Nobody up here in fall" TV hosts saying "Don't go hunting, Come here!!! YOU can do this.!!"
What Vermilion are you guys fishing that has no people in fall?
Its as busy as July now.. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise..
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| Wow...lots of negativity.....still will spend a week out there every year....have caught many decent fish away from the crowd...think many people were head-faked by the October temp drops and the full moon...can catch more and maybe bigger fish on several other lakes but its vacation also...thanks for the reports.... |
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Location: Mallard Island Lake Vermilion MN | I love the Buy n Sell deal. I pop in to get things when I see something friends with no money can use up thet lake. I see this post an smile..then read people want to move on or it to crowed an what ever..but yer missing the whole point of muskie fish fishen.
People forget that the lake 20 years ago was a pike walleye lake an some of us called it the Dead sea. Muskie fish got introduced, grew big fast an well now its a big feal. Never seen that coming myslef but the whole sport is larger an more weird nowadayz. Even the hard core dude I know only loved to fish wallys an live local wich in north land is like 60 miles round lake..well they have taken to muskie fishen an gotten pretty good at it. So more people want to use lake later...easy to figure out. Not hard core muskie guys only..but good friendly people wanting to find the QUEEN as a good frineds calls fall hunting. SOme were born when muskie were introduced..now guiding at 22...funny..but makes me at 57 feel OLD...well...my real nick name is Snap - Krakel & Pop so I guess I really am old. but paying for my youth is a blast..oooo what a youth I had...but thats a whole diffeent book. LOL x 1000
NOw! We still have fun. Older an colder but still having fun. IDEA: If yer motor works..start it up an move around a lil bit if you don't like people around. FISH SWIM....like lots of different places to eat an fart or wait for dinner to come their way or just sleep. Always some bitting some place on the lake all the time. You just won't see them online photos any more from a good number of people for good reason. But big fat fish still being caught...smaller fat ones also...and some big big pike an walleyes. Its a fun good thing an great place to play / live / work if you can get yer head right an just do the do an try to be just you. Don't do it for anyone online or on TV or at home ...do it for YOU. Geezzz...and if you wan to try different lakes...go for it. You might just find what yer looking for...but just not FAST. Nothing is fast in fall except the temps dropping an toes, lips and nose blood settling to yer middle.
I'm mean just go have fun..people or no people....enjoy yer time on the lake. Work hard, relax the gray matter an have some fun. Be safe an draw on what you read or type about all winter on these here good guyen boards. LOL
NOw Waiting for a bait fish spawn an full moon sunset phaze an special water temps an wind directions an speeds and all that good stuff to fall inline is fun for some. I just fish. Even if all those things plus few more happen fish still gotta chew... but fish are fish an each year is different. Sposed to be fun not a contest with man made mind pressure. Get a big one an then what? Post a photo an act 16...well thats ok fine but com on man. The hunt is still far out an tuff fishen should bring out yer very best. Jsut go have some fun..be safe an relax...if your in a good place in yer haed an on the lake at the righ time...KABLMA! Daddyo..yer pole will bend, net get wet an yer smile should be WIDE!
Think about it..10 boats casting an island tells me to SPLIT an find somting fun. Trolling round outs..MOVE..the motor is already running. ; )
Fish swim..yer cover what you think is a lot of water an doing it well but they might be 30 yards left an move in when you move off. Maybe deeper when yer up tight. Maybe already ate an full when yer casting or trolling. I know you already did all that..got none..had no fun...not getting yer moneys worth. Well whatyagonnado daddyo? Its fishen ya got into it for fun...stress kills...pressure is all in yer head......relax...think, be safe, enjoy every sandwich as ya never know when its yer last. I wish ya all best of luck remainder of season. Catcha biggie, smile up an let r go. Never forget as I have said 1000 times...If it looks fishy...FISH IT...ENJOY IT. Rememebr...they are the home team...your the visitor..every dam time out. NO question about the odds there. Its all in the fishys favor...all you can do it bring your best game to the bow an letter have it!!
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Keep on Rocken!
Musky Tommy Wehler
Life is good...cancer sucks!
Still Alive an Well!!!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sweet post, Tommy, good to hear all is well up there.
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Location: somewhere! | What are the water temps please?? |
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| Rick Wolff - 10/30/2012 7:08 PM
Wow...lots of negativity.....still will spend a week out there every year....have caught many decent fish away from the crowd...think many people were head-faked by the October temp drops and the full moon...can catch more and maybe bigger fish on several other lakes but its vacation also...thanks for the reports....
Hey Rick, these days I dont think your gonna get much info on the internet. If you do, it could be bogus info too so i wouldnt count on it. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Slow Rollin
Sooo, you are saying everything you post is complete bull, right? Thanks for the heads up, quite a few people offer honest reports. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Jake and I saw only 3 boats Sunday and 2 of them were trolling. I guess the morning snow storm(3") drove everybody off the west end.
This morning the temp was at 10* ...... That's cold.....water temps are dropping really fast. did see alot more boats yesterday, but there are so many fishy areas it doesn't matter.
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Location: Watertown, MN | pending areas it temp 42 to 44 still, find out what they are soon. but ha.s been tought sledding and many struggling, yes plenty of pressure out there some pigs still be caught. also pressure is also due to the nice 4 day of light winds, and no one hiding from wind, sorry need to go fishing lake looks peaceful. we did get a new PB
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| sworrall - 10/31/2012 8:55 AM
Slow Rollin
Sooo, you are saying everything you post is complete bull, right? Thanks for the heads up, quite a few people offer honest reports.
No no...i guess i should say its possible people could post bull and dont really count on that being real helpful ... i wouldnt put all your eggs in a basket based on what someone reports , thats all |
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| Troy.....pb for the lake or pb...... |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Buoys are gone,... with the water 1.5-2 ft. low, be very careful... water temps are 40-42* today |
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Location: Watertown, MN | New PB for Chris, he has had a struggle for several years to get one over 50 up, many 49.5, he got a 53 guess 24 girth, she was a pig thick from head to toe. See you probably this weekend.
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| Tommy , The best post I have read on this site. |
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| I wish I had fished with Musky Tom this fall. Next summer for sure! |
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| Heading up Sat a.m......any news.....conditions... |
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| VERY SUCCESFULL,,,,, spent 5 days on the shores of V and never wet a line once,,grouse chasin,,,Id rather pinch the trigger then the tail,,,the success part was spending saturday deer openner on public land spending the day walking trails with a reddish brown labrador and we didnt get shot!!!!,,,pike bay was froze on sunday,,,but the pizza was great at the Vermilion club |
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| Cisco's are in full swing up on top,, was up there for a week caught 5 fish casting left early today to fish metro was slow dint raise a fish in 2 days, water temps 38 in the am 41 in the pm,, post a report when ya get back so i can be depressed for the winter lol good luck |
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| the pressure is not the reason the fishing is tough. it is musky fishing. you can not expect to go to the same spots over and over again and catch fish. if there are 10 boats fishing one island that obviously leaves a ton of un-pressured, available water. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | so you are saying pressure is not a factor on Vermilion?
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | That is not at all what he said. |
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| Honestly Vermilion gets hit HARD with fisherman. Ive seen it become more and more each year, but with that said, it doesn't seem to affect the fishing for us. With how diverse the V is, there is always ways to catch fish. Weeds, Rocks, Points, Saddles, Flats, Islands, Shorelines, Open Water....its endless. There are so many over looked spots up there, plenty of room for people. Just need to step outside your comfort zone and fish somewhere other than the community spots. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | The pressure on V today was awesome...... Saw 2 boats on the west end all afternoon,..... With that said,...I boated 2 fish,..... one Cisco was about 3lbs. and the other was bigger (longer) than my pounder.... But where are the muskies?
I kept the boat in 15-28 ft. of water when Casting,... and even trolled for about an hr. ?????
I had to break about 1/2" of Ice to get out of S.B. but the water temps are 39-37* where I fished today..... Maybe I'll play Hooky from Work again Tomorrow !
Jerome
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| On the east end for one more day...poor water clarity has its effect on fishing....3.5 feet...wondering how clear the west end is... |
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| ICE UP? What do you guys think with the weather next week? Maybe Monday or Tuesday after turkeyday the season will be all over? Some bays were frozen in the morning but seem to open up later in the day.Anybody been out? Thanks |
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| Done with a week on the v....imo the general fishing has declined since 2006....tough fishing overall.... spent time literally deer hunting one location to have a chance at a bite.....actually had a boat of experienced anglers try to push me off the small spot i was working because they thought i was on a jackpot of fish....lol... idiots....will be spending all my time on the big pond next year....to catch the fish they cant....good luck to almost all.... |
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| thanks for the report Rick looks like it like we didnt miss much then leaving early,, and there was people acting out of line while we where there as well,, my buddy was accused of watching a guy on potato with binoculars we had a great laugh at that as if the guy was on a "secret" spot? I think he was putting on a show for his clients to cover for bad fishing lol but he was saying some pretty ridiculous statements ! |
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Location: Watertown, MN | Rick, you are correct it aint what it used to be, and several theories going around and will see what happpens up there for the long haul. Always a pretty lake, lots of pressure? declining of fishery? water has seem to be off color last few falls too. Just weird fall temp patterns impacting? Think it has people looking at several other viable options, know of several good sticks that struggled up there.
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Troy/Rick/ Others
Of course the "CATCHING" has been off the last fall or 2,... but mostly this fall.......... I'm talking the West end,......
Number 1,.... The Pressure has been more this last month than I have Ever seen ,... Some really good spots get pounded ,,,,, but still plenty of water to fish.
Number 2,.... the Water temps have been up and down more this fall than ever before,...( I've been "snagging" Cisco's and Whitefish for a month,..2 yesterday in 20ft. of water, with 36* water temp.)
Number 3,....... I don't see any problem with water clarity on the West end,... except in Wakemup Narrows,...A bit cloudy but I have boated more in that area this fall than any other area.
Ever fish a dirty River ? and catch fish ? They still eat no matter the color of the water.
Cloudy water = Advantage,... The Fisherman.
Number 4,... Lots, and I mean Lots, of bait fish in this lake,......The Muskies that are boated (at least the West End) are really eating Pretty good...... It's hard to get a stuffed Muskie to eat when you do everything right to trick it into eating your Rubber,Tinsel,Wood, and Steel,................ What highly developed animal wouldn't want to eat that Crap ??.... lol,haa,haha........Stupid Fish !!
Heck, I've been fishing this lake for 17 yrs. and still can't figure these Muskies out.
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | G-Rome, have you been catching or seeing any smaller fish? I have not seen anything smaller than mid 40" fish in my time spent there. Curious about the future. Good luck! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | 5th lake Brad - 11/19/2012 6:48 PM
G-Rome, have you been catching or seeing any smaller fish? I have not seen anything smaller than mid 40" fish in my time spent there. Curious about the future. Good luck!
Brad, ya there are some smaller fish being caught,...which is a good sign.. Mostly in the spring I'll boat a few under 40"......2 weeks ago someone at S.B. boated a 15" muskie.
The ? is..... how many of these smaller fish are there in V.... Not to many in the DNR sampling nets in the spring but then again the smaller fish don't spawn with the big girls, do they.
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | While I have not fished there much, I find it very strange to not encounter any smaller fish. I'm sure there are some in there, where do they hide? With the tanks that I've seen and caught, I guess anything under 40" is a meal in that lake. Any thoughts on possibly having a gap in the class of fish swimming in there? Such as, do we need to wait for the "super fish" to die off. Or are the smaller fish already so educated and hiding for their lives? |
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Location: Mallard Island Lake Vermilion MN | Small fish are there....ya you bet.
Seem very happy an healthy to me.
How many?
No idea but we do get them when fishen. Under 36" an above 20" looks like this in my book from 2010, 11 & 12
2010 we got 10
2011 we got 17
2012 show 14
Fun lil buggerz an very pretty. Love doing the TWIST an TANGLE!
Most in less than 8 FOW an over Slugbugs to Jordens an some hiding deep in weeds Grind'n 3 oz DP's or Nailed Slugos on a jig.
Not big stats or DNR data but shows something. Lil ones are alive an well.
There are times over the years we see stockers an what must be naturals hiding in cover by our places in shallows. So cool to see these lil beauties bout maybe 9" to 12". I have even seen more than once my Moe Rock staring at them feeding on minnows an mini craws up tight on cool sunny morinings west docks before our morning swim. Of course by the time I get the cam out of Big Black they have moved on or are hiding. But very fun to see.
No expert on anything but hard work, having fun an The "G" Spot Tickel and first hand that 4 sure CANCER SUCKS....but I know the lake an doubt anything wrong with our sweet Vermilion.
Hang in there, have fun..good things will continue to happen...now an forever as long as CPR is top dog an the old dam go completely to CRAP!..
Man has to know his Limitations!
: )
Keep on Rocken!
Tommy
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| Good amounts of younger year class fish. We have caught multiple fish in the 20 and 30 inch range. Maybe you guys are not seeing them because you are to talented at catching the big ones  Catching the small ones are the real challenge. |
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Location: somewhere! | Just got back from v we caught three sub 40 seen a couple others too. I also saw hundreds of yearlings at the boat launch in the 8-12" range
Edited by charlesb 11/19/2012 11:38 PM
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